GB Writes

I write therefore I am/I am what I write

January 14, 2014

I don’t Belong:

If earth is our home, why do I feel like I don’t belong? Nothing ever feels right. EVERYTHING feels wrong Why do I have this feeling of unrest? That keeps my mind in such a chaotic mess I walk, I talk, I eat, I play, I sleep I work, I run, But it just cant Continue reading

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Belong, Belonging
January 14, 2014

Stuck in the Matrix

Did y’all really expect Obama to make promises he could keep? All this talk about change but still the masses are just a bunch of sheep Freedom is solely a justification for tyranny when the NSA bugs your phone Democracy is just a facade when the skies are covered in drones And how is capitalism Continue reading

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Barack Obama, Big Brother, Civil Liberties, Espionage, Fear, Intelligence, Intelligence Gathering, NSA, Obama, Probes, Probiing, Spying
January 12, 2014

Ariel Sharon: A Necessary Introspective

Ariel Scheinermann, better known to the World as Ariel Sharon, was one of the most relevant political figures, within the 20th-Century. He was a celebrated Israeli military man & politician, while also being classified as a grand nemesis & nuisance to all his Arab neighbors. Now, there has been a lot of talk, surrounding this Continue reading

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1948 War of Independence, Accomplishment, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Arab-Israeli War, Arab-Israeli Wars, Ariel Scheinermann, Ariel Sharon, Israel, Israeli, Israeli Government, Israeli Rule, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jew, Jewish, Jewish Conflict, Jewish State, Six-Day War, State of Israel, Suez Canal War, Yom Kippur War
January 12, 2014

Amiri Baraka: The Poet who changed the way we rhyme

Author’s-Note: This Man, this luminous writer & author, Amiri Baraka, has touched the minds & hearts of so many People, from around the World, through his consciousness, via his writing. Yet, sadly, he has passed-on. However, his impact on the Literary-World, I hope, at least, will long outlive him & be a catalyst to promote Continue reading

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Amiri Baraka, Art, Liteacy, Literary Art, Literary Artist, Poet, Poets, Policis, Political, Social, Writer, Writers
January 8, 2014

Divine-Clemency:

When I speak, I’m so weak… …I cry & tears reach the Sky. My spirits get so low… …My blood flows slow. My self-esteem ain’t always what it seems… …My lack of productivity taints my dreams. However, in the darkest and longest hours of the Night… …Knowing that Allah is my Lord makes everything alright. Continue reading

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Allah, Clemency, Compassion, Forgiveness, Mercy, Pardon, Pardoning, Pardons, Repentance
January 7, 2014

How can Someone be so Cruel?

Author’s-Note: This, folks, is a truly sad tale. It’s the story of an individual who has indulged in something that most Human beings, regardless to how reckless, senseless, careless, would never even think of, much less actually do. However, this person, if you so choose to call him that, Qawmane Wilson, has joined an elite Continue reading

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Apathy, Birth, Born, Careless, Carelessness, Carnage, Child, Child Labor, Children, Crime, Crimes, Criminal, Criminals, Death, Deaths, Despicable, Dishonor, Disrespect, Dreadful, Eugene Spencer, Father, Fathers, Greed, Heartless, Heartlessness, Ingrate, Ingratitude, Killer, KIllers, Killing, Labor, Loriana Johnson, Malice, Malicious, Merciless, Mercilessness, Mother, Mothers, Murder, Murderer, Murderers, Parent, Parents, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Qawmane Wilson, Sin, Sins, Tragedy, Ungrateful, Yolanda Holmes
January 6, 2014

The Janazah Project & Muslims Giving Back: Giving back honor to the Deceased

Author’s-Note: As we all know, Death, and the process that goes with ensuring that someone is given their Human right to a proper burial is a very weighty responsibility. However, for Muslims, particularly/especially, this journey of Life into Death, as well as those who live on after us, whom are now in possession of the Continue reading

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Burial, Burials, Funeral, Funeral Rites, Funerals, Funerary Rites, Islamic Burial, Islamic Funeral, Janazah, The Janazah Project
January 4, 2014

2013 in review

The gbwrites.com/ stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 38,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 14 sold-out performances for that many Continue reading

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December 25, 2013

A Brief history of Terrorism within the United States:

I was just thinking of the following: Whenever Islamophobes talk about “Homegrown-Terrorism/Terrorists”, they always neglect to reflect upon the history of Terrorism, within the annals of our very own American-History. I had debated with a fellow online writer/blogger (http://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/loonwatch-has-been-claiming-that-94-of-all-terrorists-arent-muslim-whats-up-with-that/), because this person was making the claim that “since 1980, Muslims in the U.S. have been Continue reading

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America, American Muslim, American Muslms, Bomb, Bombing, Bombings, Bombs, Death, Deaths, Extremism, Extremist, Extremists, History, Jihad, Killing, Killings, Muslim, Muslim American, Muslim Americans, Muslims, Terror, Terrorism, Terrorist, Terrorists, United States, Violence, Violent, Violent Jihad
December 17, 2013

al-Jazirah/The Peninsula

Gareth Bryant’s Makkan-Reflections https://adventurealp.com/2025/08/13/the-messenger-in-the-wilderness-how-the-prophet–connected-with-nature/ Analyzing and exploring the Mu`jizah/Miracle of the Ka`bah-Key of Makkah The blistering winds, stroking dunes of the Central-Region, known as an-Najd, cause many moods… …They have always both whistled and swirled around these monstrous sands, for so many moons. Northward, touching all of what’s Bilad-ish-Sham… …We can see Cave-Dwellings of Thamud Continue reading

Riot

Abraham, Ad, Adam, Al Jazeera, al Jazeerah, Al Khaleej, al-Jazirah, al-Khalij, al-Makkah, an-Najd, Arabia, Arabian Peninsula, Arabian Sea, Asir, Bahrain, Balad ash Sham, Bilad ash Sham, Cave Dwellings, Desert, Dune, Dunes, Empty Quarter, Eve, Garden of Eden, Gulf States, Hajj, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Hawwa’, Hejaz, HIjaz, Hujurat, Humanity, Ibrahim, Indian Ocean, Iram, Iraq, Ishmael, Ismail, Jabl-ur-Rahmah, Jazeera, Jazirah, Jordan, Jordan River, Kabah, Kabbah, Khaleej, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA, Mada’in Saleh, Makkah, Mecca, Mount of Mercy, Najd, Nejd, Oil, Oil Rich, Oman, OPEC, Petroleum, Pilgrimage, Qatar, Red Sea, River Jordan, Rub-`ul-Khali, Rub’ Al Khali, Sand, Sandstorms, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Sham, Thamud, The Peninsula, Tornado, Tornadoes, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Wind, Winds, Yemen